{"title":"Interpreting the Solo for Piano","authors":"M. Iddon, Philip Thomas","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter develops the insights of its predecessor, turning the analytical gaze onto the notional piano soloist’s part, the Solo for Piano. It details the ways in which the many notations of the part are related to one another, through repetition, variation, and invention, and relates this to Schoenberg’s influence. It shows that the Solo for Piano is a sort of network, like the instrumental solos, but one of a rather different kind, in that the network is an internal aspect of the Solo. It analyses many features of the notations, both within individual notations and as recurring features of many notations.","PeriodicalId":199240,"journal":{"name":"John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120960422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Presenting the Concert for Piano and Orchestra","authors":"M. Iddon, Philip Thomas","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0004","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter examines the public presentation of the Concert for Piano and Orchestra in four guises, in its New York premiere, in the development and release of the recording of that performance, in its European premiere in Cologne, and its centrality to Cage’s publishing history. It critically examines narratives of the allegedly catastrophic early performances, and reveals too the complex network of individuals involved in bringing them about, as well, as a result, of the enormous importance of a relatively small number of influential promoters and supporters of Cage’s work.","PeriodicalId":199240,"journal":{"name":"John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124400971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sketching the Concert for Piano and Orchestra","authors":"M. Iddon, Philip Thomas","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0003","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter discusses Cage’s sketches for the Concert for Piano and Orchestra. It outlines both what can be said about Cage’s compositional process on the basis of sheets which directly detail aspects of it and on the basis of the traces of his process which can be found in the manuscript of the Solo for Piano. It details his work with jazz musicians in developing the instrumental parts for the piece, as well as unpacking further aspects of the actual process with reference to Music for Piano.","PeriodicalId":199240,"journal":{"name":"John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134440122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performing the Concert for Piano and Orchestra","authors":"M. Iddon, Philip Thomas","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter examines in further detail the practical work undertaken by the early piano soloist within the piece, David Tudor. It details the work he undertook to realise the piece for performance in three separate versions, which function in three separate contexts: with orchestra, as a part of Cage’s piece ‘Indeterminacy’, and alongside choreography. The chapter also discusses the additional frames in which the piece might be read when it is thought of in the context of that choreography, Merce Cunningham’s Antic Meet.","PeriodicalId":199240,"journal":{"name":"John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130868813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interpreting the Concert for Piano and Orchestra","authors":"M. Iddon, Philip Thomas","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter provides an analytical overview of the parts of the Concert for Piano and Orchestra, other than the Solo for Piano. It provides and deploys an analytical framework to explore the commonalities between the various instrumental parts as well as the distinctions between them, construing them as a sort of complex network of relationalities. It also unpacks the way in which the conductor of the piece functions, providing a detailed explanation of the part provided for the conductor and a speculative description of how it might have been made.","PeriodicalId":199240,"journal":{"name":"John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128648026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the Concert for Piano and Orchestra","authors":"M. Iddon, Philip Thomas","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190938475.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter considers the way in which the Concert for Piano and Orchestra has been interpreted by commentators, from musicologists and other composers to professional philosophical thinkers. It shows the way in which these interpretations played a part in the initial receptions of the piece, especially in Europe, made a major contribution to discussion of the nature of musical form in the context of openness, and became a significant part of later discussions regarding the nature and limits of the musical work.","PeriodicalId":199240,"journal":{"name":"John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129331435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}